Fork for domestic and other uses



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B.. W. TURNER.

FORK FOR DOMESTIGAND OTHER USES.

Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROSWELL W. TURNER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FORK FOR DOMESTIC AND OTHER USES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,153, dated November28, 1882. Application filed August 17. lesa. (No model.)

To all whom ztmay concern Be it known that I, RosWELL W. TURNER, otBoston, in the county ot' Sulolk and State ot' Massachusetts7 haveinvented certain Improvements in Forks or Implements forDomestic andother Uses, ot which the following isa full, clear, andexaotdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingpart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspectiveview'representing a fork or implement for domestic use, &c., havingmyimprovements applied thereto, and also representing the manner bywhich its jaws are opened. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section, showingthe jaws closed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line x of Fig. 2.

' My invention relates to that class ot' household devices provided withjaws for grasping and removing various articles-such as fruit, pickles,Sncf-from bottles and jars, meats and other articles of food from thepot containing the boiling water in which they are cooked, and burningcoals or cinders from a fire, Src.; and my invention has specialreference to certain moditications in the construction ot' a culinaryfork or domestic implement, for which an ap plication for Letters Patentot' the United States is iiled simultaneously herewith and to beenumerated herein.

My invention consists in transposing the location of the toggle arms byconnecting the upper ends ot' the jaws and the lower end ot' the tubularhandle therewith; also in connecting the lower end ot' the central rodwith the fulcrum on which the jaws of said implement are pivoted.

My invention also consists in providing the tubular handle with acollaror projection, which serves as a stop for the finger and thumb to abutagainst to prevent their slipping on the tube when pressure is appliedto move the rod :in order to open the jaws.

,'lo enable others skilled in the art to understand and use myinvention, I will proceed tol describe the manner in which I havecarried it out.'

In the said drawings, A A represent a pair ofjaws provided with tines 0rforks a, and pivoted together by a transverse pin, b, extending betweentheir turned-down portions'c, the pin serving as the fulcrum on whichthe jaws open eter and surrounded by a spiral spring, D, the

lower end ot' the spring bearing ou a collar, h, y fixed within thetube, and the upper end of the spring abutting against the under side ofa tubular sleeve, t', having an enlarged head, k, and secured to the topof the reduced portion of the rod. This sleeve tits over the upper endof the tube, and the spring is prevented from unseating it by the upperend of the large portion of the rod coming into contact with the collarh. To the lower endof 'the tube D is secured a collar, l, to oppositesides ot' which are pivoted the upper ends of two toggle-arms m m,thelower ends of the latter being pivoted to the upper outwardly-projectingends ot the pair of jaws.

From the foregoing construction it will be seen that when the implementis desired for usefor instance, to remove a pickle from a bottlethe jawsare entered therein in their normal closed position, and then are openedto catch around or into it by pressure ot' the forelinger, Fig. 1, onthe head ofthe sleeve t' against the resistance of the spring, the largefinger and thumb pressing against the under side of a collar orprojection, n, surrounding the outside ot' the tubular handle, in orderto keep hold thereof without slippiu g. After the pickle has beeninclosed by the open jaws they'are allowed to firmly grasp it byreleasing thepressure on the head of the sleeve, the spring havingsufficient force to enable the jaws to retain their hold on the picklewhile being removed from the bottle. Y

In the foregoing description I have referred to a tube inclosing a rodsurrounded by a spring, with a pair ot toggle-arms for expanding oropening the two jaws, and also a sleeve secured to the upper end of therod and made to slide upon the outside of the upper end of the tube.These features are notl my invention, and I do not therefore lay claimthereto, they being combined and claimed in an application madesimultaneously herewith. My present invention is for the difference inarrangement and manner of connecting the toggle-arms, as

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well as in the form of the jaws, and'also for the collar on the outsideof the tube to prevent the hand from slipping thereon.

I claim- 1. The toggle arms m m, arranged as described, for connectingthe upper ends of the jaws A with the lower end of the tube C, incombination with the central rod, B, having its lower end secured to thefulcrurn b of the jaws, and with its upper end surrounded by a spiralspring, D, and attached to a tubular sleeve, z', made to slide over theupper end of the tube, as and for the purpose described.

2. The collar or projection u on the outside of the tube, in combinationwith the sleeve i, x5

ROSE LL W`. TURNER.

In presence of CHAs. E. DYER, JAS. W. UHAPMAN.

